Are you looking for a refreshing drink on for a hot summer day? One of our favorite summer time beverages, which works just as well on a sunny spring day, is sun tea. Sun tea takes no fossil fuels to make it; instead it’s made by pure sun power. It also tastes great, and is a zero- or low-calorie healthy drink (depending on if and how you decide to sweeten it).… Continue reading
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
The other day I wanted something chocolatey. Really chocolatey. A friend of mine had told me that she makes avocado pudding as a healthy sweet fix. I didn’t have her recipe, but decided to go ahead and make up one of my own.
I put the fruit from two large avocados into my food processor, decided to sweeten the mixture with dates, and then added other the ingredients until it seemed about right (to be read: extreme chocolate taste).… Continue reading
Get Moving: Play Hopscotch
This afternoon my 6-year-old wanted to play hopscotch. So we all headed outside and proceeded to draw a hopscotch course on our patio. Once it was complete, my two boys and I all took turns hopping back and forth up and down the course. We did the course with one foot, with two feet, with all left foot jumps, with all right foot jumps, and even tried jumping through it backwards (though it was hard to avoid the lines that way).… Continue reading
Thought for the Day: Baraz
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”
– James Baraz… Continue reading
Healthy Snack: Turkey Jerky
This week my 6-year-old is devouring Turkey Jerky by the pound. We typically keep some kind of jerky around the house because it’s super portable, easy to grab, and is a healthy snack that is high in protein. Sometimes it sits in our pantry in case we need it as an on the-the-go snack, and other times it disappears almost as fast as we can stock it.… Continue reading
Grain-Free Broccoli Breadsticks
While I was searching for something new to try in our kitchen, I stumbled across this recipe for Broccoli Breadsticks. We could eat all the ingredients in the recipe, and I happened to have all the ingredients except fresh basil on hand. So I modified it slightly and we decided to give it a try.
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I made this recipe, but the breadsticks didn’t turn out how I imagined they would (perhaps I focused too much on the word “bread” in breadsticks).… Continue reading
Simplify Saturday: Do it Now
Is there a particular task that you’ve been putting off over and over? I have a task like that. We went out to brunch with friends about a month ago. While we were out, my toddler covered my wool coat in sticky, greasy handprints. My coat was basically un-wearable as it was. Because my coat is made of wool, I couldn’t just toss it in the washing machine.… Continue reading
Amazing Homemade Face Serum
High quality store-bought face creams are very expensive. Not only are they costly, they often contain parabens, phalates, and whole host of other toxic ingredients. A couple of years ago, I stopped using a store-bought formula, for even though I was buying an alternative green product, it still had a few ingredients I wasn’t thrilled about. Instead I started using plain coconut oil on my face.… Continue reading
Homemade Maple Vanilla Ice Cream
We had the opportunity to get some more cream from our local dairy; in addition, we had friends coming over to visit. This combination seemed the perfect reason to make another batch of homemade ice cream (last time we made chocolate ice cream, see HERE).
This time, my 6-year-old requested that we make vanilla ice cream, but not the banana kind (I often use bananas to sweeten my ice cream.).… Continue reading
Water on the Go with a Reusable Water Bottle
With warmer weather approaching, this typically means more time outside. It also means more time sweating, and more times when you’re likely to feel thirsty while you’re out and about. We carry our water bottles with us year round, wherever we go. But this becomes especially important in the summer time.
Why should you carry a reusable water bottle too?
- It reduces waste.